Nicholas Bayard

Nicholas Bayard (1644-1707) was Mayor of New York City from 1685 to 1686, succeeding Gabriel Minvielle and preceding Stephanus Van Cortlandt.

Biography
Nicholas Bayard was born in Alphen, Holland in 1644, the nephew of Peter Stuyvesant. In 1647, he accompanied his widowed mother to New Netherland in North America, settling in New Amsterdam. In 1664, he was appointed clerk of the New York City Common Council, and he then became Stuyvesant's private secretary and the colony's surveyor. He went on to serve as Mayor from 1685 to 1686, and he purchased 4,000 acres of land along Schoharie Creek. He died in 1707, and Bayard Street in Manhattan is named for him.